Overview
This unit will develop your understanding of the roles and responsibilities associated with the preparation of contract documents including: Working Drawings; Specifications and specified bills; Schedules including fixtures, door and colour schedules; Integration of Australian Standards in the documentation package. It will introduce requirements for: Client sign-off; Coordination of design and consultancy team members; Implementation of quality procedures; Approvals processes; This unit will also consider the role of: non-traditional documentation forms; performance-based documentation.
Details
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites
Prerequisite: BLAR12036 Building Design 1
Important note: Students enrolled in a subsequent unit who failed their pre-requisite unit, should drop the subsequent unit before the census date or within 10 working days of Fail grade notification. Students who do not drop the unit in this timeframe cannot later drop the unit without academic and financial liability. See details in the Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework).
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Recommended Student Time Commitment
Each 6-credit Undergraduate unit at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 12.5 hours of study per week, making a total of 150 hours for the unit.
Class Timetable
Assessment Overview
Assessment Grading
This is a graded unit: your overall grade will be calculated from the marks or grades for each assessment task, based on the relative weightings shown in the table above. You must obtain an overall mark for the unit of at least 50%, or an overall grade of 'pass' in order to pass the unit. If any 'pass/fail' tasks are shown in the table above they must also be completed successfully ('pass' grade). You must also meet any minimum mark requirements specified for a particular assessment task, as detailed in the 'assessment task' section (note that in some instances, the minimum mark for a task may be greater than 50%). Consult the University's Grades and Results Policy for more details of interim results and final grades.
All University policies are available on the CQUniversity Policy site.
You may wish to view these policies:
- Grades and Results Policy
- Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework)
- Review of Grade Procedure
- Student Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure
- Monitoring Academic Progress (MAP) Policy and Procedure - Domestic Students
- Monitoring Academic Progress (MAP) Policy and Procedure - International Students
- Student Refund and Credit Balance Policy and Procedure
- Student Feedback - Compliments and Complaints Policy and Procedure
- Information and Communications Technology Acceptable Use Policy and Procedure
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Feedback, Recommendations and Responses
Every unit is reviewed for enhancement each year. At the most recent review, the following staff and student feedback items were identified and recommendations were made.
Feedback from Unit evaluation
Some learning material is very old. Proving some relevant technical data/engineering information would be beneficial to the details stage assignments
The learning materials will be updated to include the latest technical data and information.
Feedback from Unit evaluation
The feedback on the assignment task sheet and marking rubric was too brief and lacks sufficient information to successfully do the assignment. When I asked for further feedback I didn't receive a timely enough reply.
Provide more detailed feedback in a timely manner and reply to students' queries promptly.
- Prepare working drawings from a design sketch
- Formulate and implement quality management policies for documentation
- Identify and discuss the role of members of the design team including consultants
- Identify and prepare the documentation required to obtain a building approval
- Solve routine and unfamiliar problems using information, technology, logic and ethical decision making
- Practice personal and interpersonal skills
- Use effectively a range of appropriate communication modes.
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
| Assessment Tasks | Learning Outcomes | ||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | |
| 1 - Presentation and Written Assessment - 30% | |||||||
| 2 - Presentation and Written Assessment - 35% | |||||||
| 3 - Presentation and Written Assessment - 35% | |||||||
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
| Graduate Attributes | Learning Outcomes | ||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | |
| 1 - Communication | |||||||
| 2 - Problem Solving | |||||||
| 3 - Critical Thinking | |||||||
| 4 - Information Literacy | |||||||
| 5 - Team Work | |||||||
| 6 - Information Technology Competence | |||||||
| 7 - Cross Cultural Competence | |||||||
| 8 - Ethical practice | |||||||
| 9 - Social Innovation | |||||||
| 10 - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultures | |||||||
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Graduate Attributes
| Assessment Tasks | Graduate Attributes | |||||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | |
| 1 - Presentation and Written Assessment - 30% | ||||||||||
| 2 - Presentation and Written Assessment - 35% | ||||||||||
| 3 - Presentation and Written Assessment - 35% | ||||||||||
Textbooks
There are no required textbooks.
IT Resources
- CQUniversity Student Email
- Internet
- Unit Website (Moodle)
- USB Headset (speakers and microphone combination)
- Web camera (webcam)
- ArchiStar
All submissions for this unit must use the referencing style: Harvard (author-date)
For further information, see the Assessment Tasks.
b.zhao@cqu.edu.au
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Topic 1 : Introduction to documentation
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Topic 2: Introduction to quality management
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Topic 3a: Working drawings: Site plans
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Topic 3b: Working drawings: Site plans using Revit
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Topic 4a: Working drawings: Plan views
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Topic 4b: Working drawings: Plan view using Revit
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Vacation Week
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Vacation Week
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Topic 5a: Working drawings: Sections and elevations
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Topic 5b: Working drawings: Sections and elevations using Revit
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Topic 6a: Working drawings: Detailing
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Topic 6b: Working drawings: Detailing using Revit
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Topic 7: Other documentation
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Topic 8: Contracts and approvals
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1 Presentation and Written Assessment
You are required to design and present working drawings for the New Safety and Training Services Building on a pre-selected site in Rockhampton and explain as per the Building Code of Australia.
AI ASSESSMENT SCALE - AI PLANNING: You may use Al for planning, idea development, and research. Your final submission should show how you have developed and refined these ideas.
Week 5 Monday (8 Dec 2025) 11:45 pm AEST
Vacation Week Monday (22 Dec 2025)
The assessment will be assessed on the following criteria:
- Clarity and succinctness of expression.
- Adequate coverage of topics discussed.
- Use of supporting information where appropriate and associated references.
- Original thought.
- Overall presentation and the ability to communicate using correct spelling, grammar and punctuation.
- Where appropriate the use of graphs, illustrations and other diagrams that visually support the context of your submission.
- Demonstration of the core knowledge associated with this unit and appropriate application of this knowledge.
- Prepare working drawings from a design sketch
- Formulate and implement quality management policies for documentation
- Identify and discuss the role of members of the design team including consultants
- Identify and prepare the documentation required to obtain a building approval
- Solve routine and unfamiliar problems using information, technology, logic and ethical decision making
- Practice personal and interpersonal skills
- Use effectively a range of appropriate communication modes.
- Communication
- Problem Solving
- Critical Thinking
- Information Literacy
- Information Technology Competence
- Ethical practice
2 Presentation and Written Assessment
You need to complete the drawings set in a manner that reflects the discussion in the study guide and tutorials. In relation to the project commenced in Assignment 1 you will prepare: floor plans for each floor level of the project; foundation and slab layout plan; sections as required to fully describe the building; all elevations of the building; and a short report of your design ideas.
AI ASSESSMENT SCALE - AI PLANNING: You may use Al for planning, idea development, and research. Your final submission should show how you have developed and refined these ideas.
Week 9 Monday (19 Jan 2026) 11:45 pm AEST
Week 11 Monday (2 Feb 2026)
The assessment will be assessed on the following criteria:
- Clarity and succinctness of expression.
- Adequate coverage of topics discussed.
- Use of supporting information where appropriate and associated references.
- Original thought.
- Overall presentation and the ability to communicate using correct spelling, grammar and punctuation.
- Where appropriate the use of graphs, illustrations and other diagrams that visually support the context of your submission.
- Demonstration of the core knowledge associated with this unit and appropriate application of this knowledge.
- Prepare working drawings from a design sketch
- Formulate and implement quality management policies for documentation
- Identify and discuss the role of members of the design team including consultants
- Identify and prepare the documentation required to obtain a building approval
- Solve routine and unfamiliar problems using information, technology, logic and ethical decision making
- Practice personal and interpersonal skills
- Use effectively a range of appropriate communication modes.
- Communication
- Problem Solving
- Critical Thinking
- Information Literacy
- Information Technology Competence
- Ethical practice
3 Presentation and Written Assessment
You need to complete the drawings set in a manner that reflects the discussion in the study guide and tutorials. In relation to the project commenced in Assignment 1 you will prepare: any special details required to fully describe the building, including sectional details, plan call-out details; and conceptual electrical plan. In addition, you need to provide a list of possible design consultants to be used and briefly explain their role. List the issues under the general heading “function” that must be considered when selecting and preparing building details.
AI ASSESSMENT SCALE - AI PLANNING: You may use Al for planning, idea development, and research. Your final submission should show how you have developed and refined these ideas.
Monday (16 Feb 2026) 11:45 pm AEST
Exam Week Friday (20 Feb 2026)
After certification of grades, or within two weeks of submission, which ever occurs later.
The assessment will be assessed on the following criteria:
- Clarity and succinctness of expression.
- Adequate coverage of topics discussed.
- Use of supporting information where appropriate and associated references.
- Original thought.
- Overall presentation and the ability to communicate using correct spelling, grammar and punctuation.
- Where appropriate the use of graphs, illustrations and other diagrams that visually support the context of your submission.
- Demonstration of the core knowledge associated with this unit and appropriate application of this knowledge.
- Prepare working drawings from a design sketch
- Formulate and implement quality management policies for documentation
- Identify and discuss the role of members of the design team including consultants
- Identify and prepare the documentation required to obtain a building approval
- Solve routine and unfamiliar problems using information, technology, logic and ethical decision making
- Practice personal and interpersonal skills
- Use effectively a range of appropriate communication modes.
- Communication
- Problem Solving
- Critical Thinking
- Information Literacy
- Information Technology Competence
- Ethical practice
As a CQUniversity student you are expected to act honestly in all aspects of your academic work.
Any assessable work undertaken or submitted for review or assessment must be your own work. Assessable work is any type of work you do to meet the assessment requirements in the unit, including draft work submitted for review and feedback and final work to be assessed.
When you use the ideas, words or data of others in your assessment, you must thoroughly and clearly acknowledge the source of this information by using the correct referencing style for your unit. Using others’ work without proper acknowledgement may be considered a form of intellectual dishonesty.
Participating honestly, respectfully, responsibly, and fairly in your university study ensures the CQUniversity qualification you earn will be valued as a true indication of your individual academic achievement and will continue to receive the respect and recognition it deserves.
As a student, you are responsible for reading and following CQUniversity’s policies, including the Student Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure. This policy sets out CQUniversity’s expectations of you to act with integrity, examples of academic integrity breaches to avoid, the processes used to address alleged breaches of academic integrity, and potential penalties.
What is a breach of academic integrity?
A breach of academic integrity includes but is not limited to plagiarism, self-plagiarism, collusion, cheating, contract cheating, and academic misconduct. The Student Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure defines what these terms mean and gives examples.
Why is academic integrity important?
A breach of academic integrity may result in one or more penalties, including suspension or even expulsion from the University. It can also have negative implications for student visas and future enrolment at CQUniversity or elsewhere. Students who engage in contract cheating also risk being blackmailed by contract cheating services.
Where can I get assistance?
For academic advice and guidance, the Academic Learning Centre (ALC) can support you in becoming confident in completing assessments with integrity and of high standard.
What can you do to act with integrity?
